“If I really had to pick the ultimate starting point, it’d probably be when my grandpa installed a new sound system in his 1999 Honda Odyssey and we abused it with several repeats of ‘Sandstorm’ by Darude right when the song came out,” he says. This story has been corrected to reflect that Barbey told the staff the news in person, but that other Voice employees who weren't present called in.Electro-house producer No Mana has been a fan of electronic music for as long as he can remember. ( Disclosure: This reporter spent a year at the Voice from 2016 to 2017.) I will always be humbled by the grit they’ve shown and the dedication they have displayed. Their passion and perseverance have inspired me.
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While this is not the outcome I’d hoped for and worked towards, a fully digitized Voice archive will offer coming generations a chance to experience for themselves what is clearly one of this city’s and this country’s social and cultural treasures.įrom the bottom of my heart, I thank everyone who pulled together to attempt create a new future for The Village Voice. I began my involvement with the Voice intending to ensure its future. We have begun working to ensure that the enormous print archive of The Village Voice is made digitally accessible. Although the Voice will not continue publishing, we are dedicated to ensuring that its legacy will endure to inspire more generations of readers and writers to give even more speed to those same goals.
Its archives are an indispensable chronicle of history and social progress. The Village Voice was created to give speed to a cultural and social revolution, and its legacy and the voices that created that legacy are still relevant today. The only thing that is clear now is that we have not reached that destination. Where stability for our business is, we do not know yet. Like many others in publishing, we were continually optimistic that relief was around the next corner. In recent years, the Voice has been subject to the increasingly harsh economic realities facing those creating journalism and written media. The Voice has connected multiple generations to local and national news, music, art, theater, film, politics and activism, and showed us that it’s idealism could be a way of life. As the Voice evolved over the years, its writers, editors, reporters, reviewers, contributors, photographers, artists and staff were united by the idea that the they spoke for and fought hard for those that believed in a better New York City and a better world. As the first modern alternative newspaper, it literally defined a new genre of publishing. The Voice has been a key element of New York City journalism and is read around the world. This is a sad day for The Village Voice and for millions of readers.
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You can read the statement in full below: The only thing that is clear now is that we have not reached that destination.” He also addressed the financial issues: "In recent years, the Voice has been subject to the increasingly harsh economic realties facing those creating journalism and written media. As the first modern alternative newspaper, it literally defined a new genre of publishing… The Voice has connected multiple generations to local and national news, music, art, theater, film, politics and activism, and showed us that its idealism could be a way of life." "The Voice has been a key element of New York City journalism and is read around the world. The mailbox attached to Barbey's cell phone number was full. Kind of like anything organic, it just needs food and water."Ī voicemail left at the Voice's offices was not immediately returned. It’s one of the world’s great journalistic brands. In a 2015 interview, Barbey, whose family owns The Reading Eagle (Barbey is president) as shares in a textile empire, that includes brands like The North Face, Vans, Dickies, and Reef, promised to invest in the Voice: "I’m honored I had an the opportunity to purchase it and be part of its future. That's also, the editor said, the bad news. Friend just turned in his news piece, was told by his editor there was good news: He's the journalist with the last news story to appear in the Voice.
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